New!!!
30-Jan-2015: "The Prince and Betty" (serialization of American book) from Evening Mail added
15-Jan-2015: "The Pro." from Novel Magazine added
07-Jan-2015: Newly-discovered poem "The New Drama" from Daily Express added
11-Nov-2014: "The Intrusions of Jimmy" (serialization of A Gentleman of Leisure) from Tit-Bits added
08-Oct-2014: "The Great Day" (verse) from The Alleynian added
18-Sep-2014: "Three from Dunsterville" from Pictorial Review added
09-Sep-2014: Newly-discovered article "Living Among Ghosts" from Ideas added
06-Jul-2014: Newly discovered Wodehouse short-short story "The Pitiable Position of a President" added, under Vanity Fair (UK)
23-Jun-2014: "The Cricketer in Winter" (article) from Land and Water Illustrated added
20-Jun-2014: New "Items by Title" menu added to navigation bar
19-Jun-2014: Seventeen newly discovered reports of soccer and rugby matches from Daily Mail added
16-Jun-2014: Newly discovered article "The Humbug of Air" from Daily Mail added
09-Jun-2014: "The Dinner of Herbs" and "Parted Ways" from Pictorial Review added
16-May-2014: Newly discovered Wodehouse story "Rule Sixty-Three" added, under Novel Magazine!!!!!

Introduction

THIS SITE is dedicated to the early writings of Sir
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. The Wodehouse material collected on this site was all published before 1923 and is
available in the public domain in the United States. We are grateful to the Wodehouse Estate for their approval of our efforts in making these works available here. However, in many other
countries, particularly the UK and Europe, the copyright of the Wodehouse
Literary Estate will extend through the year 2045. Users outside the USA
should consider local copyright laws before downloading material from the
site.

Sir Pelham (P. G. Wodehouse to his publishers, Plum to his family and his fans) is one of the greatest comic
writers of all time. His work has been enjoyed by generations of
readers, including successful authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha
Christie, Rudyard Kipling, Evelyn Waugh, Douglas Adams, and J. K. Rowling. His books about the
bungling Bertie Wooster and his omniscient
valet Jeeves; the saga of Clarence, Earl of Emsworth, the absent-minded seigneur
of Blandings Castle; the Oldest Member’s stories on Golf; and the tales told by Mr. Mulliner—all will be read as
long as the English language continues to be spoken and read around the world.

In addition to writing more than 90 books, Plum was also very active
in the world of musical comedies. He has over 250 lyrics to his credit.
He also contributed many articles and stories to magazines like The Saturday Evening Post,
Vanity Fair, Punch, and even Playboy.

Today Wodehouse is read all over the world, and there are various local and
worldwide bodies that meet frequently to discuss his works. Many of his
books and plays have been converted to radio, the theater, movies, and
television. His popularity spans generations and his fans range from pre-teens
to centenarians.

What is available

The Madame Eulalie site was started by members of the Yahoo! Blandings group,
with the noble aims to (a) provide the text for early Wodehouse items which
were never published in book form; (b) provide the text and graphics for stories and serialized novels
which appeared in magazines, all pre-1923; and (c) provide annotations
and other information, such as essays and analysis. We currently have a very extensive collection of stories, articles, and
poems by Plum, which can be accessed via the Items by Publication and Items by Title menus at the top of this page.

We are also pleased to present the publications of the P. G. Wodehouse Globe Reclamation Project, which is working to identify, collect, and study Wodehouse’s contributions to the Globe newspaper and its “By The Way” column during his first decade as a journalist.

Other members had been diligently working on annotations, bibliography, etc.
on their own sites:

Terry Mordue’s “Celebration of Wodehouse” which has
a wonderful array of information for the Wodehouse fan. Sadly, Terry passed away suddenly on the 25th of February 2012 and will
be greatly missed. With the collaboration of his family, his pages are now hosted on this site.

Father Rob
Bovendeaard’s “Biblia Wodehousiana”, which has the very specific aim
of annotating all the Biblical references in Wodehouse’s books. Fr Rob, who had a very nearly complete set of Biblical annotations on
his website, is no longer actively working on his annotations, and his
website was moved to Terry’s site, then to this site.

Arthur Robinson’s reference pages of addenda and errata to the Wodehouse bibliographies, lists of Wodehouse interviews, references to W. S. Gilbert in Wodehouse, and links to Wodehouse items on Google Books had been hosted at his university site, but technical problems prevented their being updated there, so we are now proud to host his lists and notes.

Each of their pages can be accessed by means of the buttons in the right sidebar of this page, and these pages as well as other articles, reference lists, and interesting material can be reached from the Notes & Lists menu in the blue navigation bar above. Other helpful web pages hosted elsewhere can be reached from the Links menu in the navigation bar.

While there are many others who have contributed to the site, we would like
to extend special thanks to Tony Ring. Tony was instrumental in getting
the recognition of the Wodehouse Trustees for our site, and to get their
permission for us to solicit pre-1923 material from non-US residents. Tony
further helped us by providing copies of some incredibly rare items which we
could not obtain elsewhere.

This site is a work in progress, and we will continue to add more stories, poems,
articles, and annotations as time goes by. Contact us at the link above if you want to help.